Wig

ABSTRACT

In at least a portion of a surrounding region of a wig base  10  attached to a user&#39;s head, a pressing member  30  of a predetermined width is fixed to the wig base  10  so as to cover the root of artificial hairs  20   a  planted to the wig base  10 . The artificial hairs  20   a  pressed by the pressing member  30  in the peripheral portion of the wig protrude outward in the direction in which the wig base  10  extends, and the direction is close to the direction in which own hairs remaining on the head extend. Therefore, the tunnel phenomenon can be prevented, and the artificial hairs  20   a  suitably harmonize with own hairs.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to a wig which configured to plantartificial hairs to a wig base.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART

The wig is classified to a partial wig and a whole head wig. The partialwig is used to cover only a bald portion of a user's head, hide ownwhite hairs of the head, or give a parting portion of hairs more volume.On the contrary, the whole head wig literally covers the entire head ofthe user.

Generally, the wig is required to be hard to visually recognize byothers (camouflage effect). Regarding this point, the whole head wig isnot affected by the state of own hairs. However, for the partial wig,since the border is present between the peripheral portion of the wigand own hairs, some ideas for improving the camouflage effect are oftenmade on the partial wig.

In the vicinity of the border between the peripheral portion of the wigand own hairs, unless artificial hairs are caused to harmonize with ownhairs, the peripheral portion is easily separated from own hairs (hairsplits), the problem such that the wig is easily recognized visually israised. Thus, Patent Document 1 discloses that the rigidity ofartificial hairs planted to the peripheral portion of the wig base isset lower than the rigidity of natural hairs (own hairs of the head).

Patent Document 2 discloses that artificial hairs of smaller diameterare planted to the hairline of the wig.

PRIOR ARTS Patent Documents

Patent Document 1: International Publication No. W02007/094289

Patent Document 2: Japanese Laid-open Publication No. 2008-274482

In essence, artificial hairs planted to the wig base are different fromown hairs in character and thus, is hard to harmonize with own hairs.Especially if artificial hairs planted to the peripheral portion of thewig base are waved or curled, as illustrated in FIG. 2(b), artificialhairs planted near the peripheral portion of the wig rise, therebygenerating a cavity (referred to as tunnel phenomenon).

Such tunnel phenomenon cannot be eliminated by planting artificial hairshaving a lower flexural rigidity than own hairs to the peripheralportion of the wig (Patent Document 1), or planting artificial hairs ofsmaller diameter to the peripheral portion of the wig (Patent Document2).

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Problem To Be Solved

Consequently, an object of the invention is to provided a wig in whichown hairs naturally harmonize with artificial hairs in the peripheralportion of the wig, thereby preventing the above-mentioned tunnelphenomenon.

Means For Solving Problem

A wig according to the present invention includes “a wig base attachedto the user's head” and “artificial hairs planted to the wig base”. Inat least a portion of a surrounding region of the wig base, a pressingmember of a predetermined width is fixed to the wig base so as to coverthe root of the artificial hairs planted to the wig base.

Effect Of Invention

In the wig having the above-mentioned configuration according to thepresent invention, since the pressing member presses the root ofartificial hairs planted to the peripheral portion of the wig basetoward the wig base, the tunnel phenomenon may be prevented. The pressedartificial hairs protrude outward in a direction along the surface ofthe wig base. However, since the direction is close to the direction inwhich own hairs remaining on the head extend, the artificial hairseasily harmonize with own hairs, thereby achieving natural outwardappearance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wig according to one embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 is a view for describing a tunnel phenomenon preventing effect ofthe present disclosure in comparison with a conventional example.

FIG. 3 is a view for describing an example of positional relationbetween a wig base and a pressing member, and a method of fixing thepressing member to the wig base.

FIG. 4 is a view for describing use of a camouflage net.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT

An embodiment of the present invention is explained below with referenceto appended figures. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wig according toan embodiment of the present invention. A wig is configured to plantartificial hairs 20 (natural hairs or manmade hairs) to a wig base 10which will be attached to the user's head. While FIG. 1 illustrates theartificial hairs 20 on only some portions of the wig 10, the artificialhairs 20 are actually planted to the whole wig 10.

<<WIG Base 10 and Pressing Member 30>>

In at least a portion of a surrounding region of the wig base 10, apressing member 30 having a predetermined width is fixed. FIG. 1(b) is asectional view taken along a line b-b in FIG. 1(a). As illustrated inthe sectional view, the pressing member 30 extends to cover the root ofartificial hairs 20 a planted to the peripheral portion of the wig.Then, the entire pressing member 30 is fixed to the wig base 10 (detailswill be described later), such that the artificial hairs 20 a on theperipheral portion of the wig protrude from the peripheral portionsubstantially along the direction in which the wig base 10 extends(direction of an arrow A).

While the artificial hairs 20 are planted to the entire wig base 10, theartificial hairs pressed by the pressing member 30 are expressed asreference numeral 20 a. The artificial hairs 20 and the artificial hairs20 a may be the same or may not be the same.

Any number (density) of the artificial hairs 20 a planted under thepressing member 30 may be set (for example, 28 pairs (56 hairs)/cm²)irrespective of the number (density) of the artificial hairs 20 plantedto the other region of the wig base 10.

<<Effect of the Present Invention in Comparison with ConventionalExample>>

FIG. 2 illustrates the effect of such configuration of the presentinvention in comparison with the conventional example. That is,according to present invention illustrated in FIG. 2(a) , the artificialhairs 20 a in the peripheral portion of the wig protrude outward in thedirection in which the wig base 10 extends, and the direction is closeto the direction in which own hairs remaining on the head extend.Accordingly, the artificial hairs 20 a suitably harmonize with ownhairs.

On the contrary, according to the conventional example illustrated inFIG. 2(b), the artificial hairs in the peripheral portion of the wig areeasy to protrude upward, and the direction is greatly different from thedirection in which own hairs remaining on the head extend. As a result,own hairs in the peripheral portion of the wig rise to form a tunnel(tunnel phenomenon), thereby leading to unnatural outward appearance.

The present invention may effectively prevent the tunnel phenomenon asfound in the conventional example, thereby achieving natural outwardappearance.

<<Position of Pressing Member 30 and Method of Ffixing Pressing Member30>>

FIG. 3(a) illustrates positional relation between the wig base 10 andthe pressing member 30. The pressing member 30 only needs to be providedin at least a portion of the region surrounding the wig base 10, and maybe provided at any suitable position. That is, the pressing member 30may be provided at any position where the tunnel phenomenon is to beprevented. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3(a), the pressing member30 may be provided only in the vicinity of the back of the head, or overthe whole periphery of the wig.

In the illustrated embodiment, the pressing member 30 is substantiallyrectangular. As illustrated in FIG. 3(b), the pressing member 30 has “anouter side 31 extending along the peripheral portion of the wig base”,“an inner side 32 opposed to the outer side 31”, and “left and rightlateral sides 33, 34 connecting the outer side 31 to the inner side 32”.

The pressing member 30 is stitched to the wig base 10 near the innerside 32 using a sewing thread (sewing). Consequently, as illustrated inFIG. 1(b), the artificial hairs 20 a may be planted to the wig base 10in the region between the wig base 10 and the pressing member 30. Then,the pressing member 30 may be pressed onto the wig base 10, placing theroot of the artificial hairs 20 a between the wig base 10 and thepressing member 30 to fix the other sides (the outer side 31 and thelateral sides 33, 34) of the pressing member 30.

Preferably, the fixation of the other sides (the outer side 31 and thelateral sides 33, 34) of the pressing member 30 is made using theartificial hairs 20 planted to the wig base 10. This will bespecifically described below.

In FIG. 3(b) , in the vicinity of “the outer 31” and “the left and rightlateral sides 33, 34” of the pressing member 30, the pressing member 30is bound to the wig base 10 using the artificial hairs 20 at a pluralityof appropriate positions along a virtual two-dot chain line (binding).FIG. 3(c) is a sectional view taken along a line c-c in FIG. 3(b). Asillustrated in the sectional view, in planting and fixing the artificialhairs 20, the pressing member 30 is fixedly bound to the wig base 10 atthe same time. The binding method may be any suitable method known inthe related art.

In summary, in FIG. 3(b), sewing is performed string at the positionexpressed as a broken line along the inner side 32 by use of the sewingthread (sewing), and binding is performed at appropriate intervals alonga virtual two-dot chain line along the other sides by use of theartificial hairs (binding). Such method has following advantages in awig production process.

That is, the wig base 10 to which the pressing member 30 is stitched isfirst prepared, and the artificial hairs 20 a are planted to the regionbetween the wig base 10 and the pressing member 30 (see FIG. 1(b)).Thereafter, the artificial hairs 20 are also planted to the otherregions of the wig base 10. At this time, “planting of the artificialhairs 20” and “binding of the pressing member 30 to the wig base 10” canbe performed in parallel, improving working efficiency.

<<Meaning of Neighboring Position>>

As described above, both “the broken line expressing the sewingposition” and “the two-dot chain line expressing the binding position”in FIG. 3(b) are present at “the neighboring position” from the outerperiphery of the pressing member 30. “The neighboring position”described herein is not limited to a certain position (distance from theouter periphery of the pressing member 30). The neighboring position maybe any position as long as the pressing member 30 can press the root ofthe artificial hairs 20 a located thereunder in fixing the pressingmember 30 to the wig base 10. For example, the distance from the outerperiphery of the pressing member 30 may be set to about 0 to 7 mm.

To prevent the tunnel phenomenon by pressing the artificial hairs 20 ain the peripheral portion of the wig base, the pressing member 30 can befixed to the wig base 10 by any suitable method other than theabove-mentioned fixing method.

Since the substantially rectangular pressing member 30 is fixed to theentire circumference of the wig base 10, the pressing member 30 cansufficiently press the artificial hairs 20 a sandwiched thereunder toprevent the tunnel phenomenon. It is noted that binding at a pluralityof scattered binding places 36 by use of the artificial hairs 20 canfurther increase the pressing effect of the pressing member 30.

<<Concomitant Use of Camouflage Net 40>>

FIG. 4 illustrates an example in which the camouflage effect on theperipheral portion of the wig is improved by adding a camouflage net 40to the above-mentioned embodiment. FIG. 4(b) is a sectional view takenalong a line b-b in FIG. 4(a).

As apparent from FIG. 4, the camouflage net 40 is disposed between thewig base 10 and the pressing member 30, and an edge 40 a of thecamouflage net protrudes outward beyond a periphery 10 a of the wigbase. The camouflage net 40 is fixed to wig base 10 at a sewing positionexpressed as a one-dot chain line by use of a sewing string (a fixingmethod is not limited to this, and may be any suitable method). In thisfigure, the camouflage net 40 is folded into two and however, may befixed in a flat state.

Although not illustrated in FIG. 4(b), the camouflage net 40 is fixed tothe wig base 10 and then, the artificial hairs 20, 20 a are planted asillustrated in FIG. 1(b).

Such concomitant use of the camouflage net 40 can combine “prevention ofthe tunnel phenomenon by pressing” with “the camouflage effect of thenet member”, achieving more natural outward appearance.

<<Shape and Material of Wig Base 10 and Pressing Member 30>>

The present invention is characterized by that the artificial hairs arepressed in the peripheral portion of the wig to improve harmonization ofown hairs and artificial hairs and therefore, is most suitable for thepartial wig. However, the present invention can be also applied to thewhole head wig.

For the partial wig, the specific shape of the wig is not limited to theillustrated one, and may be any shape as necessary.

In the illustrated embodiment, the substantially rectangular strip-likemember is used as the pressing member 30. The shape and material of thepressing member 30 are not specifically limited as long as the pressingmember 30 can be fixed to the wig base 10 to press the artificial hairs20 a.

The material for the wig base 10 and the pressing member 30 may be anymaterial such as net member and resin. Especially, to increase thecamouflage effect, the wig base 10 and the pressing member 30 areadvantageously made of the same material.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

-   10 Wig base-   20 Artificial hairs-   30 Pressing member-   31 Outer side-   32 Inner side-   33, 34 Lateral side-   36 Scattered binding places-   40 Camouflage net

1. A wig comprising: a wig base attached to a user's head; and anartificial hair planted to the wig base, wherein: in at least a portionof a surrounding region of the wig base, a pressing member having apredetermined width is fixed to the wig base so as to cover a root of anartificial hair planted to the wig base.
 2. The wig according to claim1, wherein: the pressing member includes an outer side extending along aperipheral portion of the wig base, an inner side opposed to the outerside, and left and right lateral sides connecting the outer side to theinner side; and the pressing member is fixed to the wig base in thevicinity of the inner side by use of a string, and in the vicinity ofthe outer and the left and right lateral sides is fixedly bound to thewig base by use of the artificial hair.
 3. The wig according to claim 2,wherein: at an arbitrary place in an inner region surrounded with theouter side, the inner side, and the left and right lateral sides of thepressing member, the wig base is bound to the pressing member by use ofthe artificial hair.
 4. The wig according to claim 1, wherein: a netmember is disposed between the wig base and the pressing member, and anedge of the net member protrudes outward beyond a periphery of the wigbase.
 5. The wig according to claim 2, wherein: a net member is disposedbetween the wig base and the pressing member, and an edge of the netmember protrudes outward beyond a periphery of the wig base.
 6. The wigaccording to claim 3, wherein: a net member is disposed between the wigbase and the pressing member, and an edge of the net member protrudesoutward beyond a periphery of the wig base.